But for a generation of simmers who started during the COVID lockdowns, that release was their pilot's license. It was the crack that let them fly the Hudson River corridor at sunset, for free, before they saved up for the Thrustmaster Hotas.
CODEX eventually announced its retirement in February 2022 after eight years of operation. The release now stands as a historical artifact of the software piracy scene at its peak.
The DLC-CODEX package includes:
If you prefer not to use the installer or encounter issues, you can place the files manually.
Downloading this particular release in 2018 was an act of digital endurance. It weighed in at roughly 83GB split across 86 RAR files. The scene release notes were famously dry: X Plane 11 Global Scenery DLC-CODEX
It is also sold on , where the scenery is managed as modular DLC items to save disk space if you only want to fly in specific regions. X-Plane 11 on Steam
: The downloaded files were split into multiple RAR archives (e.g., codex-x.plane.11.global.scenery.dlc.r01 , .r02 , etc.). The user had to extract these archives, which would produce a folder containing a setup executable and a CODEX folder. But for a generation of simmers who started
Accurate topography, ensuring mountains, valleys, and coastlines appear as they do in reality.
| Region | Geographical Coverage | | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | | The entire African continent and surrounding islands | | Asia | All of Asia, including Russia east of the Urals | | Australia | Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania | | Europe | Continental Europe, the British Isles, and Iceland | | North America | Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America | | South America | The entire South American continent | The release now stands as a historical artifact
The base version of X-Plane 11 often includes only specific regions to save initial storage space. The Global Scenery DLC expands the simulation world to cover virtually the entire planet.
While the base X-Plane 11 engine provides the physics and aircraft, the provides the "world" to fly in. It consists of high-resolution terrain meshes, road networks, and regional building types that change based on where you are in the world.